"album-of-the-decade" Articles & Blogs:
Vote for the Best Films of the Decade
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Creative Screenwriting has put together a poll for the best films of the decade. Here’s your chance to vote for some women. Voting ends Friday.
Well, it’s been a great decade for films, be it big (The Dark Knight) or small (Slumdog Millionaire).
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Sexism Watch: Hollywood Reporter’s List of Top Films of the Decade
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Now that we are about to enter 2010 everyone is looking back on the last decade and compiling lists upon lists. Here’s a list that caught my attention, The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Ten Movies of the Decade and not surprisingly, there is not a single...[Read on] |
Hell Hath No Fury Like Taylor Swift (Sorta) Scorned
| Taylor Swift is approaching promotion of her third album, Speak Now, with what can only be described as Nixonian paranoia—her label seems to fear that nothing short of a manufactured shitstorm of controversy will save it from tanking. Ahead of the disc...[Read on] |
New Liz Phair Album Funstyle Features Liz Phair Rapping
| Liz Phair released a new album, everyone. It is called Funstyle, which, fine! Arguably, some of it is fun—at least, Phair sounds like she is enjoying herself. However, if the object is fun for someone besides Phair, we must refer you to earlier works su...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: The 50 Best Shot Films of the Decade
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Ellen Kuras
The statistics on female cinematographers are abysmal. In 2009, only 2% of the top 250 US grossing films had a female cinematographer.
That would be 5 films. Five films out of 250. Pathetic.
And a woman has never been nominated for an ...[Read on] |
Rihanna Gets "Loud" on Her New Album
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About three years ago, when Rihanna’s pivotal third album Good Girl Gone Bad was released, Jay-Z dubbed her the Black Madonna. It seemed ridiculous at the time, but considering Rihanna’s reinvention of herself with every work that followed, Ja...[Read on] |
Lady Gaga in the News: 99 Cent Copies of Born This Way, Invaluable Performances on S.N.L.
| Early this morning Lady Gaga released her second album, Born This Way. If you haven’t yet purchased it, considering doing so through Amazon, which is selling the entire thing for 99 cents. And what’s driving such generosity? According to Time’s Tech...[Read on] |
Goo-Goo for Lady GaGa
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Lady GaGa. We all know her; she’s a hot mess of sunglasses, futuristic dresses, and club thumping hits. Her new album The Fame Monster is no disappointment to her diehard, sequined fans. Whether you’ve been with the lady from the beginning or you’re...[Read on] |
Musical Mondays: Superstition Time
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So what’s “Musical Monday”? Just pick the book you’re currently reading, then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do the trick. I don’t know about you, but songs pop into my head ...[Read on] |
Q&A;: English Chanteuse Anna Calvi on Her Debut Album and Upcoming Tour
| Anna Calvi. Photograph by Maisie Cousins.With her blood-red lips, pulled back hair, Flamenco-style blouses and wounded voice, Anna Calvi is the kind of chanteuse that David Lynch would throw a hot, white spotlight on. She’s a modern take on the Jazz age...[Read on] |
Feminist Artist Watch: Melissa Giges
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New York native Melissa Giges just released her national debut of Evident, where she sings with a soft yet almost haunting voice which conveniently matches the production of the music in the album, particularly the song, Evident. (Listen below.)
Utili...[Read on] |
Music: Top albums worth saving for
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The decade following 2000 was filled with a plethora of music shockers, from American Idol cliffhangers to Michael Jackson’s unfortunate death. Americans no longer find themselves using CD players to jam out to their favorite tunes; the introduction of ...[Read on] |
Win Sade’s Soldier of Love CD from ChickSpeak!
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After a ten year hiatus, Sade returned February 9th with Soldier of Love. Full of romantic interludes and a sultry voice that empowers listeners too, Sade didn’t disappoint with her second album’s release.Inspired by the ups and downs of love, Sade’...[Read on] |
The Best of the 90’s Chicks
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The 1990s were a great decade. Between the fashion trends - The Rachel, anyone? - and the dope tunes, you could say the 90s were all that and a bag of chips (if you so chose to keep circulating that lingo, that is). And there was one nineties staple that ...[Read on] |
Sia: An artist that captures your soul
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You probably haven’t heard her music on the radio or seen her playing around your town, but Sia has been in music game for 12 years now.
Born as Sia Kate Isobelle Furler in Adelaide, Australia, the artist started her musical career in acid jazz and ind...[Read on] |
Corinne Bailey Rae introduces second album
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In 2008, just two years after the release of her eponymous debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae was dealt the unthinkable blow of learning of the death of her husband of seven years, 32-year-old saxophonist Jason Rae, from an accidental drug overdose. In 2010,...[Read on] |
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie Sue Label over Charity CD
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Why are Joan Jett and Cherie Currie suing Main Man records over a Runaways tribute album slated for release later this month? According to Main Man's site, portions of the proceeds of Take It or Leave It, which includes 2 cds full of prominent rockers cov...[Read on] |
Gadhafi's Revolutionary Nuns: An All-Female Team of Bodyguards Protects the Libyan Leader
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In the wake of the unrest/civil war/revolution in Libya, a lot of media attention has been paid to the eccentricities of their four-decade long leader and tyrant, Moammar Gadhafi. He’s been getting a lot of media attention for his wacky ways, his bi...[Read on] |
Electric launches women’s collection
| Electric Visual announces the release of the Women’s collection, web page
Electric feels it’s time to give credit to a facet of our company that has been instrumental this past decade – the women’s collection. As defining and influential as any o...[Read on] |
Al Gore’s Daughter Karenna to Separate, Too
| Karenna Gore and her husband, Drew Schiff, have separated after 12 years of marriage, People reports. They have three kids. Drew, a doctor (Dr. Drew!), is an employee of the biotech firm Aisling Capital, while Karenna is currently working on “a document...[Read on] |
Cool Chick to Watch: Anais Mitchell
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Anais Mitchell is not new to the music scene, and although she may not be topping the charts in quite the same way as Lady GaGa, she’s definitely been making her mark. Signed to Ani Difranco’s label, Righteous Babe Records, this sweet-voiced songstres...[Read on] |
Teen pregnancy rate increases after decade-long decline
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Thanks abstinence only education!
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that the teen pregnancy rate has risen for the first time in more than a decade. And guess who's to blame...
These new data from the Guttmacher Institute are especially...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak hearts The Black Keys
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You would probably never guess it by looking at them, but blues rock band The Black Keys are subtly ushering in a new age of musical genius.The seemingly nondescript pair, never wearing much more than their own jeans and Converse in videos, effortlessly b...[Read on] |
Musical Mondays: Insatiable Banshees
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This is a weekly installment I’ll be doing, well, weekly! It’s easy and fun, and works like so:
Pick the book you’re currently reading, then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do th...[Read on] |
Women & Wine - Things We Should be Buying or Doing For Our Emotional Well Being
| This is the constant conversation that is now starting to make its way into the press - I know this for a fact because as I was checking out of the grocery store this a.m. the Newsweek cover barked out at me START SHOPPING NOW.
This is a I have been talk...[Read on] |
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